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Biography of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis -1724

Paternal Family Tree: Preston

Maternal Family Tree: Mary Molyneux 1642-1673

Mary Preston Marchioness Powis was born to Thomas Preston 3rd Baronet and Mary Molyneux.

In 1673 [her mother] Mary Molyneux (age 31) died.

Around 1695. Charles D'Agar (age 26) (attributed). Portrait of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

Around 1695 William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 35) and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis were married. He the son of William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 69) and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis. They were third cousins.

On 2nd June 1696 [her father-in-law] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis (age 70) died. His son [her husband] William (age 36) succeeded 2nd Marquess Powis, 2nd Earl Powis, 4th Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 3rd Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire. Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis. Mary Preston Marchioness Powis by marriage Marchioness Powis.

In 1698 [her son] William Herbert 3rd Marquess Powis was born to [her husband] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 38) and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

After 1698 [her son] Edward Herbert was born to [her husband] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 38) and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

On 2nd March 1699 William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale and [her sister-in-law] Winifred Herbert Countess Nithsdale (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Nithsdale. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] William Herbert 1st Marquess Powis and Elizabeth Somerset Marchioness Powis. He the son of Robert Maxwell 4th Earl Nithsdale and Lucy Douglas Countess Nithsdale (age 55).

Around 1705. Michael Dahl (age 46). Portrait of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis. Powis Castle.

Around 1705. Michael Dahl (age 46). Portrait of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis. Walmer Castle [Map].

In 1706 [her daughter] Theresa Herbert Lady Throckmorton was born to [her husband] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 46) and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

On 27th May 1709 [her father] Thomas Preston 3rd Baronet (age 69) died. Baronet Preston of Furness in Lancashire extinct.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Around 1721 [her son-in-law] Robert Throckmorton 4th Baronet (age 18) and [her daughter] Theresa Herbert Lady Throckmorton (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 61) and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

On 17th June 1723 [her daughter] Theresa Herbert Lady Throckmorton (age 17) died.

On 8th January 1724 Mary Preston Marchioness Powis died.

On 22nd October 1745 [her former husband] William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis (age 85) died. His son [her son] William (age 47) succeeded 3rd Marquess Powis, 3rd Earl Powis, 5th Baron Powis of Powis Castle in Powys, 4th Baronet Powis of Red Castle in Montgomeryshire.

[her daughter] Mary Herbert was born to William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

[her daughter] Anne Herbert Baroness Arundel Wardour was born to William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

[her daughter] Charlotte Herbert was born to William Herbert 2nd Marquess Powis and Mary Preston Marchioness Powis.

Royal Ancestors of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis -1724

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Mary Preston Marchioness Powis -1724

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Preston

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Preston

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Preston

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Preston

GrandFather: John Preston 1st Baronet

Father: Thomas Preston 3rd Baronet

Mary Preston Marchioness Powis 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Molyneux 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Radclyffe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Molyneux 1st Viscount Molyneux 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Gerard of Astley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Gerard

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holcroft

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Gerard Lady Molyneux

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ratclyffe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Ratclyffe

GrandFather: Caryll Molyneux 3rd Viscount Molyneux 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Mother: Mary Molyneux 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England